The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-10

give me time to explain things. You
may we'll suppose that. With her
fortune, Mile. Celeste, who is a charm ).
ing young person, as you may have
noticed yourself. and who was. brought
up as a princess, had no end Of. ad-
mirers. Every winter Nine. Bondu-
und's parlors are thronYed with the
best society of the town, and at her re-,
ccptions the richest and most distin-
gulshed people are to be met. Being
an engineer, jacques was invited. lie
never failed to attend, but he always
remembered his place, while Messrs.
Chapuis and de Vauvillain paraded in
the 6rst ranks. lettingit be know that
they were in love with Mile. Celeste. I
believe. though. that they were only in
love with her dowry. Each made up
his mind to win the prIze at any cost,
and tho conduct OF both was in strict
accordance with this determination.
The strangcst part of the whole pro-
ceed!ngs was that neither attempted to
set into the good graces Of the young
lady. who always treated them with
marked coldness. I ssif
"Slngular lovers, thoss.'' t2$'
"They imagined that Mile. Celeste,
being a good girl OF very dociie dispo.
sition, she would always comply with
her parents wishes So they proceeded
to lay siege to the od folks. M.
Chapuis, by displaying an interest In
NJ. Bondurand's business affairs, had
no trouble in winning him over, while
M. De Vauvillain, by means Of his
nobility, and by putting on the airs Of
u great lord, succeeded IN getting the
mother to espouse his cause to such an
extent that, in q short time. she prom.
ised him her daughters hand, while on
the other side, her husband was MAX
ing the same promise to his rival"
''And Of course Mile. Celeste pro-
tested?"
"Not at all. She let things take their
own course. It happened that she had
occasionally danced with Jacques Flor
ent anu had conversed with him ia the
parlor. The young engineers quiet,
serious character and his easy, distlD-
glilshed manners soon impressed her.
One day he spoke OF his mother, or
her devotion to him, Of the gratitude
and affection that lie bore her. This
proved to the young lady that his heart
was In the right place. jacques on
his side,5 felt himself mors than inter-
ested In the beautiful and sweet girl
that lad so kindly PAID attention to
him, but as he knew her to be very
rich. his demeanor was always so rc..
spectful that no word Of love ever
passed between them.''
"And still''--
'Of course every thing had to come out
all right in the end Here Is the natu-
raj winding up OF the comedy. The
first time that M. and Nine. Bondurand
communicated to each other thelrsde-
signs In regard to their daughter there
was terrible row. Just think. Mon
sieur wanted Chapui5 for, his son.in-
lew. Madame could not bear him; he
was a baboon, a Chinaman,a miser. He
was ugly, deformed, i'll bred. badly
dressed, unkempt and ridiculous. Ma,
dame wanted dc Vauyillain, whom
monsieur held in holy horror. A snob,
talker, boaster, a BOBBY, an ass;
noble, IL was true, but a wretched beg
gar who depended entirely on his stu
alton -
''They could not agaee, then2""
"Of course notl 'Vauvillain, neyer!'
exclaimed Nj. .Bondurand. 'Chapula,'
replied his wife. I'll die first
sit was at this point that Mile.
Celeste took hand in the game. She
told her father that she loved NJ.
jacques Florent, that M. Florent loved
her, and that she would be his wife or
else she would marry de Vauylllain.
She said the same to her mother, only
the conditions were: Jacques or Chap
ias. Neither hesitated. In order to get
rid Of the one each hated so much, both
consented. The game was won."
"Of course the engineer was expect.
Ing affairs to take this turnp"
mot at all; but Mile. Celeste had
been astute enough to foresee that
there was no opposition to dread from
that quarter. She had her father to
call on him, and ! need not say that
the worthy young fellows surprise was
as great as his Joy. You can under
stand that he accepted the offer eager
ly, his only condition being that, at
the wedding. the place of honor would
be given to his mother You have seen
yourself that his wish was granted.
"Now, If you want to know, why the
whole town attended the wedding, i
must say that it is because everybody
likes Jacques. And" added Father
Philip, with cunning smile. .if
must tell all, you should remember
that we are in the country, and we
have had nothing else to talk OF during
the past three months"
N Iscformcd Barber's BAD Break.
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They tell this story about the Rev.
Mr.. Manton, who was q barber before